Emerald Green Eyes

Chapter 14

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Chapter 14

The next day I felt so much better, I decided to have an arty day, I put on my painting clothes, a pair of splattered skinny jeans and an old hoodie. I had a breakfast and headed down my path. I sat on the bench for a few minutes and spoke to mum, I told her all about my adventures so far, about Hannah, dad,  Roisin and John and finally about Jack. I sighed into the gentle breeze as it ruffled my hair, something mum use to do, and somehow felt comforted. I didn’t know how things were going to go with Jack, but I knew that there was a spark LITERALLY!

I went inside the cabin, popped on the kettle, took out my canvas that had a half -finished Jack on and put it the easel. Then I set up the iPod, to play my eclectic choice of music, made myself a mug of hot chocolate, took a few biscuits to nibble and looked at the canvas.

Jack’s eyes were perfect, his facial features were done, I only wanted to capture the top half of his body, the sheer muscle, defined abs, strong shoulders and neck, and that luscious skin……. What was happening to me I was drooling over a painting that wasn’t even finished. An idea came to me, it would mean seeing Jack’s Wolf, but it would be great to get and image of the wolf in the foreground of the painting, man and wolf in one. I painted happy with the idea but decided to finish off the Jack I knew first, I blended colours, made strokes on the canvas and Jack slowly started to emerge.

A hard knock resounded around the place almost making me drop my palate, I went over to the door and opened it and there stood Jack, “Sorry I knocked about five times, I guess you were engrossed in your work.” He looked me up and down, taking in the splattered jeans etc. His eyes burnt with pure lust.

 “Jack,” I whispered, no response, “Jack!” I roared. His eyes shot up to mine a smirk playing on his lips, “Did you want anything?”

“I was just checking, seeing if you were ok. Are you painting? Can I come in and see?”

“Jack you know I don’t show my paintings until they are finished, but whilst you are here you could do me a favour please.” I asked.

“Anything at all,” he chuckled.

“Great, wait here, I’m going to get my camera.” He gave a confused look and a shrug of the shoulders but waited.

I grabbed the camera and directed him further into the woods.

“So where do you want to go? What do you want to snap?” he asked.

“Em, you, well sort of you, your wolf actually,” I said.

He looked at me, “Why?”

“I’ve decided to study the physique of wolves, take photos then paint them, so I need to take photos of as many as possible.”

“I am sure me, your dad, John’s, and Hannah’s wolves will be plenty,” he said.

I looked at him out of the corner of my eye, he was huffing and puffing, jealous I thought, I giggled internally, could I be cruel heck yeh, “Nah Jack I’ve asked dad to introduce me to all the male wolves so I can compare the physiques see who really rocks!”

The growl that came out of his mouth almost knocked me over almost but not quite. I laughed out loud, “Jack I was joking!” he growled again, but with a smirk on his face.

We came to a beautiful clearing with a small stream running through it, a meadow of wild flowers and an old stone wall running along the left hand side, this was perfect.

“Jack, here is perfect, will you change so I can take some photos please?”

He started to strip off, OMG he was going to just completely strip in front of me, I couldn’t believe it, I quickly spun around covering my eyes, “Tell me when you are ready!”

He laughed and the next thing I heard was a growl, I spun around and there in front of me was a huge, and I mean huge wolf. His eyes were just like Jack’s still a deep dark brown but with the occasional fleck of gold, his hair was a darker brown, but at the tip of each paw was small bit of white, he was spectacular in every sense of the word. I slowly moved towards him, “Is it OK if I touch you?” the head nodded, I rubbed my hand down his back, his fur was like silk, his ears soft, I stroked his nuzzle, he sounded more like a cat as he began to purr, I laughed, “You sound like a cat not a wolf,” he looked up at me and a gentle growl came out as if reaffirming his wolfiness. I smiled, “Ok definitely all wolf!” He cocked his head to the side and if it possible for wolves to smile then I think that is exactly what he was doing.

I picked up my camera, “Just do your Wolfy thing, I want to take loads of photos,” he ran, he jumped, he rolled, he swam,  I kept clicking, eventually he lay down, he looked magnificent surrounded by the flowers, more photos were taken.

 “Can I have one of you just sitting, look straight at me, please?”He sat upright and looked at me, I took photos then zoomed in close to the face, more clicks, then straight to the eyes, God those eyes, they melted my heart, they were beautiful, they were calling to me, I could feel my body heat up, I stopped clicking and looked over the camera, my voice stuttering, catching my breath I managed, “That’s it, thanks.”

He began to change back, OMG nude body again, I swung around and I heard a rumble, then a loud all out laugh that sent tingles racing up and down my spine, this guy was far too sexy for me, in fact he was far too sexy for anyone.

He came over, “Can I see?”

I smiled, “Later when I process them,” I didn’t want him to see all of them some were just too sexy!

He caught my hand and we started to walk back comfortable in the silence, we were almost at the cabin when he looked at me, “Can I kiss you? I know it’s soon but my wolf has just spent time with you and he wants to feel you, heck I need to hold you?”

Those eyes bore into mine, I nodded and that was all it took, his lips touched mine and the explosions began, my whole body throbbing with want, his hand touched my back and I felt myself arching to get closer to him, his hand reached up under my hoodie, touching my bare flesh, his tongue seeking entrance, my body went into over drive, I opened my mouth, our tongues fighting for dominance, my breathing became rapid, my heart beat increased as sheer need ran through my body, I slipped my hand under his jumper, the kiss deepened. I could feel my very core filled with want and need, emotions so intense ricocheted through my body. A noise to the left startled me and I pulled away, I had nearly lost control, he could have taken me here on the forest floor. I could feel my face red with embarrassment I had never lost control; I have never wanted anyone so much in my life.

His forehead touched mine, he looked into my eyes, “Cass, I need you to know just how much I love you, I know this is all too much for you now, and I promise I will wait as long as you need me to, but I will do anything for you Cass, I would die for you, you have made me feel whole for the first time in my life, just your very presence calms me, completes me.”

What do I say, I’m not sure I love him, need, enjoy, lust even for him, but love is a huge word, and I needed time before I would say those words, if I would say those words. I looked up at him and smiled, I went to speak, but he placed his finger gently over my lips to stop me, “It’s OK, I’m not looking for a response, I know it’s too soon for you, I just want you to know how I feel, and if it’s OK with you maybe we can go on a few dates so you can get to know me.”

I just nodded, he gave a brief chaste kiss to my lips, which left tingles and me wanting more; then leaving me at my cabin door he left. I felt sadness, no an emptiness inside when he was gone, but decided to go in, making myself a hot chocolate. I began to download the photos, I enlarged them and put a few on the wall and went back to my painting, there I could feel the love in the eyes, looking at me, I lost myself as I tried to capture man and wolf,  falling in love with both of them I fear was inevitable.

I worked on that painting all day, I lost track of time, it was finished, I stood back and admired my work, I was happy, I had captured the magic of Jack. My stomach gave a loud rumble, I giggled and looked at the clock, it was 6pm I had been here all day and forgotten to eat, I cleared my bits away, turned off the music, locked up and headed up to the house.